Chapter 018: Honorary Formation Leader
After the second wave of insect waves was eliminated, Liang Long immediately issued an order to continue preparing for battle. It seemed that the third wave of insect waves was coming soon.
After experiencing two insect tides, Shen Zheng no longer took the insect tides seriously. The only thing that gave him a headache was his subordinates. There were more than twenty of them, and they were extremely weak. The "outstanding" soldiers in the third formation were personally selected by Carters.
In the insect wave, Shen Zheng worked very hard to protect them. He almost kept circling around them. The several times he was in danger were because of them. If it were not for the protection of the steel beetle armor, he would have been seriously injured. Already.
"Captain, we..." After the battle, other soldiers were cleaning the high platform, checking weapons, and repairing the damage on the defensive high platform. The twenty-five soldiers from the third formation all came to Shen Zheng. The leader looked at Shen Zheng with excitement, his voice trembling.
"What's wrong?" Shen Zheng smiled at them.[
"We have burdened you..." the soldier muttered.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shen Zheng shook his head, "We are all comrades on the same platform, and we are all here to protect our homeland. Can I watch you being killed by insects?"
"Don't worry!" The leader of the soldiers gritted his teeth, "We will regard you as our only commander from now on and will always be loyal to you! We will train hard to become warriors who are not inferior to others, so that we no longer have to drag you down on the battlefield!"
"We will definitely do it!" More than twenty soldiers said in unison, excited.
"Listen to me." Shen Zheng looked at them, and while he was moved in his heart, his expression turned cold. "In the next battle, you must not be emotional, you must stay calm, otherwise you will only die. Do you understand? ?”
Although excitement has its good side, it also has its huge disadvantages. On the battlefield, if you make a desperate move because of excitement, you may really lose your life. Shen Zheng is their captain and must be reminded. They, they must stay calm.
Because every one of them has relatives and friends, many people are waiting at home for news of their safe return.
"Yes, we understand!" the soldiers replied.
Shen Zheng nodded: "You guys are divided into five groups. Long-range and short-range attacks must be allocated well. The five groups are not allowed to be far apart. They must cooperate with each other during combat. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" the soldiers said in unison.
"Thank you just now." When the twenty-five people were grouping on one side, Fang He walked over and smiled sheepishly at Shen Zheng.
"Thank you." Shen Zheng punched him, "We are friends."
"Yes." Fang He looked at Shen Zheng and grinned.
Half an hour later, the third wave of bugs came. The huge tide of screaming bugs showed no fear under the shadow of death, and the human soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time did not feel much in the face of this wave of bugs. Even the new recruits have become much calmer after experiencing two rounds of insect waves.
Death does not just stay in the insect swarm. In the last wave of insect waves, some humans also fell in a pool of blood. Their comrades silently collected their corpses, loaded their guns, and adjusted their insect power to the maximum. In the best condition, he quietly looked at the valley of ferocious insects, raised his gun, and waited for the insect tide to approach.
After Shen Zheng divided the twenty-five soldiers from the third formation into groups, he also divided the other subordinates into groups. Each group was composed of two types of attack-type soldiers: far and near, so that they could watch each other and take into account both offense and defense.
This grouping method was immediately effective when the third wave of insect waves came. The battle was fierce on the defensive platform, but one person in the team was injured or killed.
Of course, this battle trace is also inseparable from Shen Zheng's running around for rescue.
During the battle, he increasingly discovered that he possessed a super-sensory ability similar to the sixth sense, and had a strong sense of danger. He could also predict where bugs would suddenly appear on the high platform, so He can always rush to the most dangerous place first and solve the danger for his subordinates.[
Not only that, he gradually discovered that he could also distinguish which bugs were stronger and which bugs were weaker, so he could judge in advance which one should be dealt with first.
And in the end, his danger prediction and power judgment reached a new level - he could sense the movements of bugs with his eyes closed, and he could even determine which bug had the approximate power just by feeling. How high.
This was so amazing that he himself was so surprised.
After the third wave of insect waves, more than two hours passed, and there was no more display in the insect sound discriminator. Liang Long then sent out scouts and carefully sneaked into Jizao Valley for reconnaissance. As the scouts went deeper, they continued to Good news came. It was not until the next morning that the scouts entered the depths of the evil insect forest and still found no traces of the insects. Liang Long was finally sure that this crisis was over.
He took a deep breath, slowly sat back in the big chair, and whispered to himself: "Just like before, there are still three waves of insect waves. Well, we can have another three months of peace."
"Taken together, the prospects are not optimistic." The adjutant reminded at the side. "In the past, the insect tide was once a year, with only one wave at a time. Ten years ago, it became once every six months, and now, it has become three months. Once, and the number of insect waves has also become three. I really don’t know if it will become more frequent and dense in the future.”
"What I fear most is..." Liang Long looked up at the ceiling, "The tragedy of the earth will happen again..."
Upon hearing this, the adjutant couldn't help but tremble.
"Let the scouts continue to go deeper," Liang Long said with his eyes closed, "until it is confirmed that the Zerg have retreated into the burrow. Then according to the previous layout, large-scale insect sound discriminators and monitors will be arranged around the crypt and in the ferocious insect forest. If there are no If there is any movement, we will stay here for another three days and leave a rotating garrison and we will withdraw to our headquarters."
From then on, within three days, the Wolf Fang Legion reorganized their troops in the northwest defensive city, repaired the defects of the fortress, and cleaned up the insect corpses.
The Zerg are definitely a scourge when they are alive, but they are definitely treasures after death. For example, some bugs that are good at defense can extract some rare metal elements from their carapace, and can also be used to refine armor for combat. , and the blade legs of some insects such as blade-footed insects can be directly used to make weapons.
The viscera of insects can be made into drinks, used to feed poultry and livestock, and can be made into fertilizers to fertilize the soil for growing crops, and can also be used to refine medicinal materials. After processing, insect skins are better raw materials for leather products than livestock skins...
In short, the insect tide is a catastrophe, but it is also a great wealth that comes to your doorstep. After the battle is won, it is also an extremely important task to sort and collect the insect corpses.
When Shen Zhengzai's team suffered casualties in this battle, the team members all understood that this was because Shen Zheng would always rush to their side to rescue them when they were in the most dangerous moments, so they respected and were grateful to the new team leader. I am completely devoted to him and am willing to work for him from the bottom of my heart.
During these three days, Shen Zheng directed them to work with other soldiers to collect trophies, collecting, packing and transporting batches of insect corpses. They were extremely busy.
Three days later, these tasks, which were more tiring than fighting, were finally completed. The Spike Legion, leaving behind the garrison guarding the northwest city, all withdrew to the legion headquarters.
After returning, of course, we must summarize the battle and commend those who performed outstandingly in the battle, but before that, we must hold a high-level meeting with the corps commander and formation leaders.
Shen Zheng originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect Liang Long's adjutant to come over and call him. When he arrived at the conference room, Liang Long immediately stood up and walked towards him with a smile. He came over and said, "How about it? Do the members of that team still listen to you?"
"More than just being obedient." Feng Yu hurriedly answered, "They are almost all determined to follow Shen Zheng."
"Not only is he personally very strong, but he is also a good leader who can lead troops, which is rare!" Liang Long smiled and nodded, pointing to the audience seat. "Sit here."
"Yes!" Shen Zheng saluted and sat down over there.
"How is he qualified to observe high-level meetings?" Carters immediately frowned.[
"It will be there soon." Liang Long said displeasedly and sat down at the chairman's seat at the conference table. "I want to announce a few things during this meeting, one of which is about Shen Zheng's military promotion. "
"Military promotion?" Carters frowned, "He is now the squad leader. Now...does he need to be promoted to the formation leader? Although his insect power value is the highest among the soldiers, he is far from the formation leader. The distance is still far away, isn’t it appropriate to do this?”
"Who said I would mention him as formation leader?" Liang Long snorted.
"What do you mean?" Carters looked at Liang Long.
"I want to create a new position of honorary formation leader." Liang Long said.
"Honorary formation leader?" Carters was startled, and the other three formations were also stunned for a while.
"That's right." Liang Long looked at everyone and nodded solemnly. "You have all seen Shen Zheng's talents. He not only has strong personal strength, but also has the ability to lead troops. Such talents are rare and must be Give him enough room to grow."
"But this growth space is not related to this kind of position, right?" Feng Yu said hesitantly. This kind of promotion was too abrupt and strange, and even Feng Yu felt there was something wrong with it.
And Shen Zheng was even more shocked - honorary formation leader? Although he was only honorary, he was also a formation leader, which meant that his military rank and military salary would be raised to the level of formation leader.
"Yes, this does not make sense." Carters hurriedly used Feng Yu's words to continue. "It is right to give geniuses room to grow, but what does this have to do with this strange official position?"
Chapter completed!